мних
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мънихъ (mŭnixŭ), from Old High German munih (“monk”), ultimately of Byzantine Greek origin. Doublet of мона́х (monáh), directly borrowed from Greek.
By folk etymology, interpreted as an agent noun of мня (mnja, “to ponder, to contemplate”) + -их (-ih), i.e. “one who is immersed in thought”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mnix]
Noun
мних • (mnih) m (obsolete, ecclesiastical)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | мних mnih |
мни́хове mníhove |
| definite (subject form) |
мни́хът mníhǎt |
мни́ховете mníhovete |
| definite (object form) |
мни́ха mníha | |
| count form | — | мни́ха mníha |
| vocative form | мни́хо mního |
мни́хове mníhove |
References
- “мних”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мних”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 182
- “мънихъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025